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Determination shapes Coast Guard graduate

U.S. Coast Guard Academy First Class cadet Joshua Surgeon fights in the National Collegiate Boxing Association Championship Finals April 6, 2013, at Foxwoods Resort and Casino. Surgeon beat his opponent and earned a national title.

United States Coast Guard Academy Cadet Joshua Surgeon works out in the cadet boxing club gym Thursday, May 9, 2013. Surgeon recovered from injuries in a jet ski accident that nearly forced him out of the academy to win a 2013 National Collegiate Boxing Association championship in April.

U.S. Coast Guard Academy First Class cadet Joshua Surgeon fights in the National Collegiate Boxing Association Championship Finals April 6, 2013, at Foxwoods Resort and Casino. Surgeon beat his opponent and earned a national title.

U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets cheer on the CGA Boxing Club at the National Collegiate Boxing Association Championship Finals April 6, 2013, at Foxwoods Resort and Casino.

U.S. Coast Guard Academy First Class cadet Joshua Surgeon fights in the National Collegiate Boxing Association Championship Finals April 6, 2013, at Foxwoods Resort and Casino. Surgeon beat his opponent and earned a national title.

U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet Joshua Surgeon works out in the cadet boxing club gym Thursday, May 9, 2013.

U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet Joshua Surgeon descends the stairs in Chase Hall en-route to the final regimental change of watch ceremony Friday, May 10, 2013, on the Washington Parade Grounds at the academy.

U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet Joshua Surgeon, third from left, joins his fellow first class cadets for the final regimental change of watch ceremony Friday, May 10, 2013, on the Washington Parade Grounds at the academy.

Joshua Surgeon thought a Coast Guard career wouldn't be possible on the day he was injured in a jet ski accident. But Surgeon not only ran again, he ran a marathon and won the National Collegiate Boxing Association championships in the 165-pound weight class in April 2013.